Any place can serve you a beer. But it takes more than that to be a bar -- a real bar.

Maybe it's the food. Maybe it's the people or the ambiance. Perhaps it's all that and more.

But when it comes to a great bar, you know it when you see it.

So where is your favorite bar or pub in Mentor?

From now until July 9, you can nominate your favorite in the comments section.

After that, we'll put all of your nominations in a poll and you can vote to pick the best bar or pub in Mentor.

This is just one of the 25 categories in which we're trying to find the best of the city. We also want to know where you get your favorite burger, who serves the best frozen yogurt in town and who do you trust with your car repairs.

Check out the complete list of categories here and nominate as many times as you like.